Poverty in Saskatchewan

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The Conference Board of Canada has predicted that Saskatchewan will lead the country in economic growth in 2012. According to a February 2012 news release by the Saskatchewan Government Saskatchewan is currently “posting the strongest economic growth in Canada - a gain of 3.9 per cent in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)”. (add citation)Although our province is experiencing strong economic growth, many people in Saskatchewan are not benefiting from the economic boom. According to the Canadian Council on Learning “some adults and their families may experience chronic low wages, unemployment, poverty and social exclusion” (2009, p.7) as a result of low levels of education. . Our students are typically young, undereducated aboriginal women who continue to live in poverty. According to the Schoolplus document, poverty is a “factor contributes an important tectonic challenge to school ‘equilibrium”. (p11) The School Plus document also notes that while poverty is not unique to Saskatchewan, in Saskatchewan there is a “painful juxtaposition of need and plenty” (p.11) . Tectonic issues at North West Regional College (NWRC) include all of the factors identified by SchoolPlus and are all interconnected. Food availability and nutrition is a monumental concern. Reality for some of our students is the juxtaposition of obesity and the underlying reality of student malnourishment due to low quality food. “Overweight students garner very little compassion regarding malnourishment but the malnourishment is real and it may affect students’ educational, social and career outcomes.

Lack of access to healthy choices has been identified by students at North West Regional College as an area of concern. In a June 2011 meeting a student said that even...

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